Made to order Snakestone ring

Made to order. Please give me a message if you’d like to order a gold version.

Please allow up to 5 weeks for this piece to be made and shipped, this gives me the time to individually cast your Snakestone and handmade your ring in recycled sterling silver and get it fully hallmarked by the Sheffield Assay Office. The piece is cast from a real ammonite fossil from Whitby, I sculpted the head in clay and attached it on. The finish on the silver is oxidised to give depth and contrast, size of the snakestone is 1.3cm tall and 1.1cm wide. The ring is a hammered 2mm wide band, be sure to order a snug fit to keep the ring from spinning. If you are unsure of your size I have ring sizers available to order in the ring category.

The legend of the snakestone starts in Anglo-Saxon Britain with Saint Hilda, the first abbess at the monastery at Whitby. The story goes that she was tasked with founding an Abbey at Whitby but the town was over-run with snakes. Which at that time were seen as evil and associated with the devil. Hilda chopped off their heads and cast a spell to turn them into stone as she hurled them over the cliff. Victorians used this legend to carve snake heads onto the ammonite fossils found at Whitby to sell to tourists as proof of the miracle.

Postage is Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed in the UK to make sure your jewellery reaches you safely and is covered if anything were to happen. I will always send to other countries tracked and signed for if it allows, customers must be made aware that all customs charges will be the customers responsibility to pay and are out of my control. Postage to the USA is duties paid. Thank you. 🌿